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Monday, February 09, 2015

SINULOG 2015

4th time in Cebu, first time to SINULOG!

Initially solo trip to ni Fudge, my college friend who is
now based in his home country, Kuwait. But then Lj and I made sabit. Magulo pa
nga coz Fudge's trip is from madaling araw of January 17 til January 22. Mahaba
stay nya and I don’t want to use that much of Vacation Leave credits from work;
so Saturday til Tuesday naman ako (Jan 17th to 20th).I found out night before na kasama din pala
sister ni Fahad and friend. The more the many’er ;p. Lj my adventurerang friend
went sailing. As in nagbarko si ate papunta dun, at na-delay delay. Ang ending,
she got there the same afternoon that I left.

With only a Jansport backpack, I commuted from Alabang to Pasay
rotunda. Rode the airport loop bus to get to Terminal 3, and got there
about an hour and a half early for my flight. Sige ako sa tambay and browse/IG
sa phone; at muntik pa maiwan ng flight ko! But thank God I didn’t miss it.

I booked a family room at Main Hotel and Suites in J.Panis
Street, Cebu City. We didn’t get to check in right away coz hectic ang schedule
ng housekeeping! Hunger Games na ko ng mga oras na yun, so pagka check in namin,
freshen up lang saglit then rampa na agad. And eto ha, ewan ko ba bakit ang
malas ko. Tatlong restaurants (Sunburst, Golden Cowrie and Sugbahan) along A.S
Fortuna, sarado! Ayaw ko sana sa mall, pero that’s what we ended up doing. We
went to Parkmall in Mandaue where my most important agenda is happening. But
dinner first, we chose Hukad – yummy Chicken Pandan!

At ang pinaka importanteng agenda for this trip --- FASPITCH!!
Thank you Venom III for ThreadfestSinulog 2015. And really, a lot of great bands
played, most (at least sa mga naabutan namin) I’ve already seen play live before
sa mga Sonic Boom events; Sirens, Drop Decay, The Line Divides, Faintlight to
name a few. There’s also this Singaporean band, Caracal and galing din nila. They played
a sexy ass song that I can’t remember the title. And then there was Faspitch.
This is only the 2nd time na napanood ko sila coz they don’t play at
gigs that much anymore. Another order of business is also Faspitch-related ~ getting
the ScarsXFaspitch shirt. No sizes! I got one for Ali, and til now medyo regret
pa din that I didn’t get one for myself.

3rd day is beach day! We stayed at Costabella Tropical
Beach Hotel in Lapu Lapu City. Ganda ng lugar! I think they made use of the
space very efficiently. But the beach wall is so panget. It made the beach less
appealing. But the room and the cute pool, so nakaka relax! Yummy buffet for
breakfast too! Their omelet is ♥. Gusto ko nga i-try yun gawin sa bahay. Fudge's friend
went crazy sa French Toast nila. Seriously, if it weren’t for the beach wall,
sarap talaga mag tambay sa shore. That afternoon, we went back to the city. I wanted to make pasyal sana sa Jesuit house
and sa Yap Ancestral home sa Pari-an, but kainis lang, kasi there’s this
"café" I saw sa blog na nasa Pari-an, na ngayon e carenderia na lang. So
ending, nag mall na naman kami – we had dinner at Big Mao in Ayala. Pwede na
din. Pila sana kami sa Casa Verde, kaso nagkaka ubusan na ng steak, and Farah
is really hungry na.

I have to say there’s still more to discover, more to see (and eat)! Maybe someday I’ll go solo all the way. Yun nga, yung sa Pari-an and gusto
ko sana makapag Lantaw in Busay at night. And hopefully by then kaya ko na mag
Cebuano – I need more practice pa! kthxbye